Alex Mustard / Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) in river with villagers washing clothes in background. Ambon, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.

John Waters / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding, catches worm and washes it in water, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Ingo Arndt / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) preening, Prion Island, South Georgia Island, February

Francois Savigny / Lionesses grooming and cub {Panthera leo} Moremi NP Botswana

Francois Savigny / Male lion washing paw {Panthera leo} Southern Africa

Wim van den Heever / Egytian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) rear view bathing, sings spread, Zimanga Private Game Reserves, South Africa

Ross Hoddinott / Waves washing up Elgol beach in the evening light with a view of the Cuillins, Strathaird peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. December 2013.

Gavin Hellier / Man and boy feeding undyed fabric into a washing and rolling machine in a sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, 2011.

Jean E. Roche / Stormy seas washing on the shore of Camargue, France, October 2012.

Laurent Geslin / Man washing down the railway station at Bharatpur at sunset, Rajasthan, India 2006

Claudio Contreras / Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan baby hanging from washing line. El Mirador- Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats it feathers. After it will be hand reared in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal B...